故事发生在一座名为艾尼斯的平静小镇之上，卫斯理（史蒂文·席格 Steven Seagal 饰）曾经是政府重用的免疫学家，如今，他不过是一个隐居在小镇之中默默无闻的中年男人。以奇桑（杰拉德·萨尔汀 Gailard Sartain 饰）为首的一帮恐怖分子的到来打破了小镇上宁静的日常，与此同时，一种从未被发现的神秘病毒正在居民间蔓延，卫斯理的“退休生活”彻底画上了句号。
　　为了对抗病毒，卫斯理潜心研究着疫苗，感染死亡的人数越来越多，病毒传播的速度也越来越快。更糟糕的是，卫斯理的女儿霍利（卡米拉·贝勒 Camilla Belle 饰）遭到了歹徒的绑架，而他自己似乎也成为了病毒的受害者。在如此艰巨的情况之下，卫斯理能够力挽狂澜吗？

　　一只母猩猩被犯罪集团的人打死，并被抢走了几只小猩猩。人猿泰山为了救回小猩猩根据罪犯留在森林中的一个火柴盒上的字母来到曼哈顿，结识了一位女出租车司机和她当警官的父亲。他们根据种种线索终于找到了犯罪集团的驻地……

　　一个年轻人听到一个电话，告诉他一场核战争已经开始，导弹将在70分钟内击中他的城市。

　　Having witnessed his junkie father killed Russell Stevens grows up to become a policeman and make a difference. When he is offered an undercover job by Gerald Carver he accepts and begins to build a relationship with David Jason in order to get to the main dealers. However as he is forced to deal drugs and kill to keep his cover he finds the lines between cop and criminal being lost – is he a cop pretending to be a dealer or a dealer pretending to be a cop?
　　Larry (as he was then) Fishburne's first lead role was a typically dark vehicle. The story is the usual one of cop losing himself when undercover, however it manages to be more than that for most of the time. Co-written by Tolkin, who wrote The Player, this naturally has a nice cynical edge to it when it looks at the US's hypocritical approach to drug control and the political links between the street hustlers and the political high rollers who court respectability. The story does eventually settle into a traditional setting but even then it works well as a thriller.
　　The multi-talented Bill Duke directs well with a gritty feel and a few nice touches. However several things are a bit iffy. For most of the film Fishburne's narration/voice over is a bit like a cross between Apocalypse Now and Blade Runner – it comes across as a little too dark and heavy and also explains things like we can't figure it out ourselves. However once you get into the film it's not as big a deal. My main problem lies with the characters.
　　Fishburne is excellent, a real model of underlying anger and violence, Goldblum is good but perhaps a little OTT on the yuppie/violence thing, but there's good support from Smith and Spin City's beautiful (and often underused – but not here) Victoria Dillard. However the two main white characters (Goldblum and Smith) are both smeared with racist insinuations – Smith appears to insult his black officers and doesn't care about the junkies, while Goldblum is fascinated about all things black and talks about them as wild beautiful beasts and loves having sex with "black'. These things aren't a major problem, but with basically only two white characters in it, it's a little worrying that both are given that edge.
　　However these are minor complaints that get lost with a good thriller. Fishburne excels and Duke delivers a story that is a good thriller but also has a jaded, subversive edge.